The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-12-13
.TIIIsER so.ItIs OF, WOMEN.
70 be Seen Almost Any Day on the
Main sstrssas S;f che Metropolis.

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Thero arc three distinct sorts of
women to he seen on Broadway, witch
divides itselfinto ,three distinct streams
of fema Ties, streams. which flow within
definite limits anu rarely encroach on
each others teft. tory. Women begin
to Sbo seen in nufabers on Broadway at
about, Forty eth street. Those women
are New Yorkeis pur ct simple. On
them are to be ssela what are distinctly
New York styles, This isithe ground
that fashion liters haunt for hints as
ITO the styles OF the coming season.
They are slim, clean -limbed, with hair
as smooth as satin and cut in little
pointed bangs thstare never curled and
never have q liairS out Of place. They
Wear very rich and very simple clothes,
with d fit and a finish that speaks Of
Paris, London an6$ the very best dress
makers and tailors Of that city. They
lleyeradmit$an eccentricitles Of dress,
mud are SO seVerelg costumed that they
considerably resemble each other and
would scarcely be called beautiful So
much as chic. This stream flows down
to Sixteenth street aud there it stops,
ABSOLUTELY and at once, and one never
sees a singh woman Of it below that
part of town. 8 1.
AT Fourteenth begins a crowd Of
strangers. lalang that thoroughfare
the strangers are mostly from the small
towns about NeW York, ana sproVin-
cialism has marked them for It's own.
Their clothes are echoes Of past fash.
ions their bangs are flamboyant, they
carry little land sachels and cluster
about tile shop windows. at home
against tlieir owl background they are
very attractive locking, but against tile
radiant freshness and fine grooming OF
the New York gill they look not quite
well kept.
After turning the Fourteenth street
Corner one begiiss TO see the western
and olthelnt girls, who wear expensive
materials that are well made hut lack
in style. This autumn one recognizes
these girlsby the beliotrope gowns that
New 81 ork abandoned last spring.
They are, as asrul6, ex xtremely. pretty in
plct turesque, indiBsdual fashion. Par.
ticularly is thissti,.3 ,.3a Of the 1nlddle-aged
sSomer, who 5sa 81 the beauty OF their
figures we fss and who have,
many OF them, sofs dark eyes and thick
c!ls!isA 5ra, 'sheiss II The,
are neither so fair iiOr$as rosy u as New
York women. n.
Below Eighth street the crowd
changes for a third time and are native
New Workers again These are the
women who work for thcirSliving, and
may be seen in groups Of two and three
going home, anywhere between 4 and &
O'Clock. These women lave a good.
looking sprinkling Of elderly, meagel
females in dingy black, with anxious
races and little black bags in whicl
they carry their lunch to the offices
Where they work. Many of them are
pretty and many young. Their clothes
are evidently selected with an eye tc
wear, the purchases evidently being had
III mind whether the material would
show spots and dust and Whether ii
was the same on, both sides, so that il
would "turn." Their general appear.
ance shows, that they have been hard al
work all day, and have had meagei
toilet appliances to repair damages be.
fore coming out on the street. Many
OF them walk arm III arm, with little
independent, half-masculine air That
they have insensibly picked UP FROM
their employers, and jostle throughEtlle
hurrying throngs Of men without no.
1lclng them. They are pretty and
lady-like. as a rule. I